Minimum Reporting Standards for in vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRSinMRS): Experts' consensus recommendations.
Title | Minimum Reporting Standards for in vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRSinMRS): Experts' consensus recommendations. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Authors | Lin A, Andronesi O, Bogner W, Choi I-Y, Coello E, Cudalbu C, Juchem C, Kemp GJ, Kreis R, Krššák M, Lee P, Maudsley AA, Meyerspeer M, Mlynarik V, Near J, Öz G, Peek AL, Puts NA, Ratai E-M, Tkáč I, Mullins PG |
Corporate Authors | Experts' Working Group on Reporting Standards for MR Spectroscopy |
Journal | NMR Biomed |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 5 |
Pagination | e4484 |
Date Published | 2021 05 |
ISSN | 1099-1492 |
Abstract | The translation of MRS to clinical practice has been impeded by the lack of technical standardization. There are multiple methods of acquisition, post-processing, and analysis whose details greatly impact the interpretation of the results. These details are often not fully reported, making it difficult to assess MRS studies on a standardized basis. This hampers the reviewing of manuscripts, limits the reproducibility of study results, and complicates meta-analysis of the literature. In this paper a consensus group of MRS experts provides minimum guidelines for the reporting of MRS methods and results, including the standardized description of MRS hardware, data acquisition, analysis, and quality assessment. This consensus statement describes each of these requirements in detail and includes a checklist to assist authors and journal reviewers and to provide a practical way for journal editors to ensure that MRS studies are reported in full. |
DOI | 10.1002/nbm.4484 |
Alternate Journal | NMR Biomed |
PubMed ID | 33559967 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC8647919 |
Grant List | P30 NS076408 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States P41 EB015894 / EB / NIBIB NIH HHS / United States R01 EB016064 / EB / NIBIB NIH HHS / United States R01 NS080816 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States |